Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hyndburn Borough constituency |
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| Hyndburn shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Greg Pope |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Lancashire |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Hyndburn is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
A mostly Labour-inclined seat,based around the East Lancashire town of Accrington. It also includes Clayton Le Moors, Great Harwood, Haslingden, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton. There is much terraced, owner-occupied housing here and surrounding villages that turned the constituency Tory in 1983 (by only 21 votes) and 1987; Labour won it back in 1992 and have held on fairly safely since.
[edit] Boundary review
Following its review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the Boundary Commission for England made minor alterations to the existing Hyndburn constituency. Two wards from Rossendale district have been added to the constituency. The Commission rejected a proposal to rename the constituency "Hyndburn and Haslingden", following the Assistant Commissioner's view that;
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- It is obviously right that constituency names should as far as possible reflect the geography and character of the constituency but equally they should be as succinct as reasonably possible (Commissioners Report, link attached 16 Jan 2006)
The Rossendale wards of Greenfield and Worsley have been added to the entire district of Hyndburn.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 – 1992: Ken Hargreaves, Conservative
- 1992 – present: Greg Pope, Labour
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2005
| General Election 2005: Hyndburn | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Greg Pope | 18,136 | 46.0 | -8.7 | |
| Conservative | James Mawdsley | 12,549 | 31.8 | -1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bill Greene | 5,577 | 14.1 | +4.5 | |
| British National Party | Christian Jackson | 2,444 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
| UK Independence | John Whittaker | 743 | 1.9 | -0.7 | |
| Majority | 5,587 | 14.2 | |||
| Turnout | 39,449 | 58.8 | +1.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 | |||
[edit] 2001
| General Election 2001: Hyndburn | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Greg Pope | 20,900 | 54.7 | -0.9 | |
| Conservative | Peter Britcliffe | 12,681 | 33.2 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bill Greene | 3,680 | 9.6 | +1.0 | |
| UK Independence | John Tomlin | 982 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,219 | 21.5 | |||
| Turnout | 38,243 | 57.5 | -14.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] 1997
| General Election 1997: Hyndburn | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Greg Pope | 26,831 | 40.1 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Britcliffe | 15,383 | 23.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Les Jones | 4,141 | 6.1 | ||
| Referendum Party | Philip Congdon | 1,627 | 2.4 | ||
| Independent Anti-Corruption in Government (IAC) | James Brown | 290 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 11,548 | ||||
| Turnout | 66,806 | 72.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 10.0 | |||
[edit] 1992
| General Election 1992: Hyndburn | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Greg Pope | 23,042 | 39.3 | ||
| Conservative | Ken Hargreaves | 21,082 | 36.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Yvonne Stars | 4,886 | 8.3 | ||
| Natural Law | Stephen Whittle | 150 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,960 | ||||
| Turnout | 58,539 | 83.97 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.27% | |||
